Four Color #28 - Wash Tubbs

(1943)

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Captain Easy / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

Roy Crane (signed)

Pencils

Roy Crane (signed)

Inks

Roy Crane (signed)

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Gangway, soldiers! I'm coming out!

Genre

adventure

Characters

Wash Tubbs; Captain Easy; J.P. McKee; Carol McKee; Bull Dawson; Adolfo de la Cucaracha

Synopsis

Wash has followed Carol McKee and her father to Panazuela. He brought Captain Easy, who was suffering from amnesia from a blow on the head. They are thrown into prison when a revolution starts. When the prison is shelled, Easy is hit on the head and recovers his memory. The group hijacks a ride to the airport. Meanwhile, Bull Dawson, who has been heading the army of the President, sends the ruler on a plane ride while planning on taking the country's treasury for himself.

Reprints

• from Red Ryder Comics (Hawley, 1940 series) #3 (August 1941) [Reprints only pages 3 to 5?]
which is reprinted
• from Wash Tubbs daily (NEA Service) 1939-01-04 [Last panel.] - 1939-01-07, 1939-01-09 - 1939-01-13 ? [First panel only. See notes.]

Indexer Notes

Story begins on the inside front cover in black, red, and white. Story starts in the middle of the action with the first panel explaining what has gone on before. Parts of some panels are cut.

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Captain Easy / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Roy Crane (signed)

Pencils

Roy Crane (signed)

Inks

Roy Crane (signed)

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

No, Dawson! No! Thees money belongs to my country

Genre

adventure

Characters

Wash Tubbs; Captain Easy; Bull Dawson; J.P. McKee; Carol McKee

Synopsis

Bull Dawson steals the country's $6 million in gold, but the boat gets hung up on a sandbar. He frames Mr. McKee as the thief and pretends to join the rebels. Easy creates a diversion to rescue McKee, then has a brawl with Dawson to gain control of the gold-laden boat.

Reprints

• from Red Ryder Comics (Hawley, 1940 series) #4 (October 1941)
which is reprinted
• from Wash Tubbs daily (NEA Service) 1939-01-13 [Last three panels.] - 1939-01-14, 1939-01-16 - 1939-01-20, 1939-01-21 [First panel cut.], 1939-01-23 - 1939-01-28, 1939-01-31 [First panel cut.], 1939-01-30, 1939-01-31 [Last two panels, second panel cut.]

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Captain Easy / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script

Roy Crane (signed)

Pencils

Roy Crane (signed)

Inks

Roy Crane (signed)

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Oh, my gosh! Here come the rebels an' we're stuck on a sandbar...

Genre

adventure

Characters

Wash Tubbs; Captain Easy; J.P. McKee; Carol McKee; I.R. Splendix; Rowden Splendix; Mother Grey; Virginia

Synopsis

Easy gains control of the boat from Dawson and dump the gold overboard in order to get away. The group is picked up by a ship and returns to the U.S. In the offices of McKee Industries, I.R. Splendix and his son, Rowden, plot to steal Carol away from Wash. I.R. sends Rowden to show Wash and Easy around McKee Industries, but Easy recognizes Rowden as the man who gave him amnesia. After Rowden recovers from the beating Easy gave him, he works to get Wash in trouble and steal Carol. Splendix gets Easy out of the way by having him promoted to assistant production manager of the hairpin department.

Reprints

• from Red Ryder Comics (Hawley, 1940 series) #5 (December 1941) [Pages 1 to 4 are from Red Ryder Comics (Hawley, 1940 Series) #5 (December 1941). The comic strip from 1939-02-06 was omitted. ]
which is reprinted
• from Wash Tubbs daily (NEA Service) 1939-02-01 - 1939-02-XX ?
• from Red Ryder Comics (Dell, 1942 series) #6 (April 1942) [Pages 5 to 11 are from Red Ryder Comics (1942 series) #6 (April 1942).]
which is reprinted
• from Wash Tubbs daily (NEA Service) 1939-02-01 - 1939-02-04, 1939-02-07 - 1939-02-08, 1939-02-09 [Second and third panels cut.], 1939-02-10 - 1939-02-11, 1939-02-12 [Third panel cut.], 1939-02-14 [Third panel cut.], 1939-02-15 [Last panel cut.], 1939-02-16 [First three panels cut.], 1939-02-17 - 1939-02-18, 1939-02-20 - 1939-02-25, 1939-02-27 - 1939-03-04, 1939-03-06 - 1939-03-09 ? [See notes.]

Indexer Notes

The comic strip from 1939-02-06 was omitted.

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Captain Easy / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Roy Crane (signed)

Pencils

Roy Crane (signed)

Inks

Roy Crane (signed)

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

This is the private detective, Rowden, who's been...

Genre

adventure

Characters

Wash Tubbs; Captain Easy; I.R. Splendix; Rowden Splendix; J.P. McKee; Carol McKee; Jackie Wartts [bum]

Synopsis

Rowden Splendix plants a fake story about Wash's father returning from Africa, then hires a bum to play the part. The bum makes a shambles of the McKee mansion and Wash is helpless to stop him.

Reprints

• from Red Ryder Comics (Dell, 1942 series) #7 (May-June 1942)
which is reprinted
• from Wash Tubbs daily (NEA Service) 1939-03-10 - 1939-03-11, 1939-03-13 - 1939-03-18, 1939-03-20 - 1939-03-25, 1939-03-27 - 1939-04-01

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Captain Easy / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Roy Crane (signed)

Pencils

Roy Crane (signed)

Inks

Roy Crane (signed)

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Hello, sucker.

Genre

adventure

Characters

Wash Tubbs; Captain Easy; I.R. Splendix; Rowden Splendix; Fifi La Pearl; Bolito Coker; Jackie Wartts [bum]; Virginia

Synopsis

With Wash's bum of a father fouling up his relationship with the McKees, Rowden Splendix and his father up the ante by having him take a woman "customer" out on the town. Easy does some detective work and finds out what's going on.

Reprints

• from Red Ryder Comics (Dell, 1942 series) #8 (July-August 1942)
which is reprinted
• from Wash Tubbs daily (NEA Service) 1939-04-07 - 1939-04-08, 1939-04-03 - 1939-04-06, 1939-04-10 [Panels three and four switched.], 1939-04-11 - 1939-04-15, 1939-04-17 - 1939-04-21 [First two panels.]

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Captain Easy / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Roy Crane (signed)

Pencils

Roy Crane (signed)

Inks

Roy Crane (signed)

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Well, sport, either you'll pay us ten thousand or we'll go...

Genre

adventure

Characters

Wash Tubbs; Fifi La Pearl; Bolito Coker; I.R. Splendix; Jackie Wartts [bum]; Virginia; Mother Grey; Rowden Splendix

Synopsis

Easy finds Wash on his "date" with I.R. Splendix's hired girl, Fifi, and substitutes himself at the pair's table. He tells the woman what Splendix's plan is and the girl's "manager" goes to Splendix to shake him down for $10,000 to keep quiet. After Fifi shows up at the McKee's and makes a scene, Wash goes home completely crushed. There, Mother Grey and Virginia tell him the whole story. Infuriated, Wash plans to kill Splendix. He goes to Splendix's house and finds that someone else has shot him. The police arrive and Wash goes on the run. He meets up with his bum "father" and hops a freight.

Reprints

• from Red Ryder Comics (Dell, 1942 series) #9 (September-October 1942) [Strips 1939-04-24 and 1939-04-25 were omitted from this reprint.]
which is reprinted
• from Wash Tubbs daily (NEA Service) 1939-04-21 [last two panels] - 1939-04-22, 1939-04-26 - 1939-04-29, 1939-05-01 - 1939-05-06, 1939-05-08 - 1939-05-09 [Strips from 1939-04-24 and 1939-04-25 were omitted.]

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Captain Easy / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Roy Crane (signed)

Pencils

Roy Crane (signed)

Inks

Roy Crane (signed)

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

For sixty years I've led a quiet and peaceful life...

Genre

adventure

Characters

Wash Tubbs; Captain Easy; J.P. McKee; Carol McKee; Fifi La Pearl; Bolito Coker; Jackie Wartts [bum]; Mother Grey; Virginia

Synopsis

Easy goes to the police and fingers Bolito Coker as the one who killed I.R. Splendix. The police follow up and Wash is cleared. Unfortunately, Wash is still on the run with his bum "father." He uses a dress to disguise himself as a little girl, but that draws unwanted attention from the authorities.

Reprints

• from Red Ryder Comics (Dell, 1942 series) #10 (November-December 1942)
which is reprinted
• from Wash Tubbs daily (NEA Service) 1939-05-10 - 1939-05-11, 1939-05-13 - 1939-05-20, 1939-05-22 - 1939-05-25, 1939-05-26 [Panels two and three switched.] - 1939.05.27 [First two panels.]

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Captain Easy / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script

Roy Crane (signed)

Pencils

Roy Crane (signed)

Inks

Roy Crane (signed)

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Two tickets to Cincinnati, please!

Genre

adventure

Characters

Wash Tubbs; Captain Easy; J.P. McKee; Carol McKee; Jackie Wartts [bum]; Milly Wartts; Irwin Wartts

Synopsis

Wash, still on the run with his bum "father," hides out on a houseboat. They end up at the farm of the bum's long-deserted wife and son. After a reconciliation, Wash goes off on the houseboat by himself. Easy follows the trail and brings Wash back to the McKees.

Reprints

• from Red Ryder Comics (Dell, 1942 series) #11 (January-February 1943) [The first 8 pages are from Red Ryder Comics (Dell, 1942 series) #11 (January-February 1943).]
which is reprinted
• from Wash Tubbs daily (NEA Service) 1939-05-27 [Last two panels.], 1939-05-29 - 1939-06-03, 1939-06-05 - 1939-06-10, 1939-06-12 - 1939-06-17 [See notes.]
• from Red Ryder Comics (Dell, 1942 series) #12 (March April 1943) [The final page is the first page from #12 (March-April 1943) with the logo removed and the two first panels from the second page inserted at the bottom.]
which is reprinted
• from Wash Tubbs daily (NEA Service) 1939-06-12 - 1939-06-17 ? [See notes.]

Indexer Notes

Story continues on the inside back cover in black, red, and white and concludes on the back cover in color.